I think that I shall never hear
A poem lovelier than beer.
The stuff that Joe's Bar has on tap,
With golden base and snowy cap.
The stuff that I can drink all day
Until my mem'ry melts away.
Poems are made by fools, I fear
But only Schlitz can make a beer.
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This is clearly another case of too
Admirable sentiments of course, but Kilmer's original contains six
rhyming two-line stanzas; and this is short two, has only four, a
prosodic disaster.
John Gilmore, Ashland, MA 01721 - USA
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Admirable sentiments of course, but Kilmer's original contains six rhyming
two-line stanzas; and this is short two, has only four
For the full text google: Kilmer trees
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For the full text google: Kilmer trees
--jg
Interestingly I live in Suffern NY right across the border from
Mahwah NJ where there is a High School named for him. The Wikipedia
ot even more - Suffern has some tough ICE Hockey teams LOL
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